6. Only hire designers with s trifecta of skills. You need to understand user and product problems; wireframe and design pretty pixels and vectors; have coding experience

7. Beware of product snacking—low effort and high impact

8. Own your code; no one to review code

9. Deploy multiple times a day. Small increments to build into a crescendo, keeping things agile

10. Connect the dots. Talk to product teams and others

And that name Q? It’s from the James Bond movie.

Started last year and now in 8 cities, Minibar provides on-demand delivery of wines, spirits, beers and mixers.

“We connect local liquor stores to offer the best selection of products,” CTO Chris Kohonen said. They (stores) are connected to our payment gateway.”

Still in its growing stage, Minibar faces the fact that it needs convince the liquor store, refine their technology and ultimately face regulatory concerns but Kohonen sounds like he has the cojones to tackle these challenges with his team.

Minibar is reportedly in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC, Miami and Dallas.